Issues
January 22, 2013 JLabor, Education & Pensions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 22, 2013 CONTACT: Jennifer Stefano at infoPA@afphq.org It’s Time to Guarantee the Right to Work in Pennsylvania AFP-PA holds press conference on right-to-work legislation Harrisburg, PA — Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania (“AFP-PA”) proudly stands with Rep. Daryl Metcalfe’s Pennsylvania Open Workforce Initiative guaranteeing the right to work in our state. WHAT: Open Workforce Initiative [...]
January 22, 2013 JTaxes
This week we tip our hat to Representative Stephen Bloom who believes the Pennsylvania death tax should be eliminated. In an effort to rid the Commonwealth of this burdensome tax Representative Bloom began the process of chipping away at it with the passage of a bill which would end the death tax for Pennsylvania farms. This session he [...]
January 20, 2013 JHealthcare & entitlements
By Randall DeSoto In a few short weeks Gov. Tom Corbett will go before the state legislature and submit his FY 2013-14 budget. One vital decision the governor and our state leaders will have to make is whether to expand Pennsylvania’s Medicaid program beyond the nearly 20 percent of the population already covered. The Patient [...]
January 18, 2013 JTechnology
Even Barack Obama understands the power of Twitter when he told college students, “Tweet them! Teach your parents how to tweet!” Ann McElhinney, the director of “Frack Nation” knows it too, “you’re not a great patriot if you’re not tweeting.” Do you understand why this is important? The days of making phone calls or having [...]
January 15, 2013 JBudget & Spending
Pennsylvania House Session Dates January 16, 22, 23 February 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13 March 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20 April 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24 May 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 June 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 [...]